HC Deb 29 March 1923 vol 162 c738W
Captain TERRELL

asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered or will consider the desirability of legislation to prevent the publication in the papers of extracts from private wills which are often of a vindictive nature in respect to the living?

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL

I have been asked to reply. No evidence has reached me which would lead me to think that the evil to which the hon. find gallant Member refers is sufficiently widespread to justify legislation, and I do not think that a complete suppression of the contents of wills is desirable to the public interest.